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Wednesday, October 31, the National Weather Service along with state and local emergency preparedness partners (GEMA), will recognize Georgia's Fall Severe Weather Preparedness Day. Many of you already know Georgia (and the Southeast region) sees a secondary peak of severe weather in October/November.

In support of this, many schools and businesses will be conducting their own Severe weather exercise/tornado "TEST" which will be triggered off of NOAA Weather Radio's Routine Weekly Test (RWT - product ID). All 6 National Weather Service Forecast Offices will issue this special RWT simultaneously across the state around 9:30 AM. There will be no "all clear" message(s) and no additional RWT (weather radio) product will be issued later in the day.

Additional information about Severe Weather Preparedness can be found on our web pages and social media outlets (i.e. www.weather.gov/atlanta AND @NWSAtlanta on Twitter, etc.).

Georgia News

CHILTON COUNTY, Ala. (WRBL) - News 3 has learned the passenger killed in Friday's tragic Metro Narcotics Task Force Helicopter crash was a "ride-along" and never should have been on the doomed flight as the agency's CEO confirms only law enforcement members are allowed on board.

Search crews say they found the body of a retired CPD officer at the bottom of Alabama's Coosa River on Saturday. However, recovery teams were not able to remove him from the wreckage of a crashed task force helicopter before calling off efforts for the day.

Alabama News

CHILTON COUNTY, Ala. (WRBL) - News 3 has learned the passenger killed in Friday's tragic Metro Narcotics Task Force Helicopter crash was a "ride-along" and never should have been on the doomed flight as the agency's CEO confirms only law enforcement members are allowed on board.